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Footprints in the jungle : natural resource industries, infrastructure, and biodiversity conservation / edited by Ian A. Bowles, Glenn T. Prickett ; assistant editor, Amy E. Skoczlas.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forest management--Tropics.
- Forest management.
- Forest products industry--Environmental aspects--Tropics.
- Forest products industry.
- Economic development--Environmental aspects--Tropics.
- Economic development.
- Forest biodiversity conservation--Tropics.
- Forest biodiversity conservation.
- Rain forest conservation.
- Rain forest ecology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 332 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Development in the tropics is important economically for developing and industrialised nations. This text looks at approaches that attempt to minimise the impact of development.
- Contents:
- Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Introduction. The Growing Footprint: Resource Extraction Investments Expand Further into the Humid Tropics; Part I: Conservation and Development in the Twenty-first-Century Tropics; 1 Biodiversity Conservation: Global Priorities, Trends, and the Outlook for the Future; 2 Private-Sector Participation in Infrastructure Development; 3 Partner or Pariah: Public Perceptions and Responses to the Extractive Industries; Part ll: Oil and Gas Development Meet Conservation
- 4 Reinventing the Well: Approaches to Minimizing the Environmental and Social Impact of Oil Development in the Tropics 5 An Industry Perspective on Environmental and Social Issues in Oil and Gas Development: Case Studies from Indonesia and Ecuador; 6 Monitoring Impacts of Hydrocarbon Exploration in Sensitive Terrestrial Ecosystems: Perspectives from Block 78, Peru; Part III: Forests under Pressure; 7 Trade, Transnationals, and Tropical Deforestation; 8 Aracruz Celulose: A Case History
- 9 Stewardship of Mexico's Community Forests: Expanding Market and Policy Opportunities for Conservation and Rural Development 10 Options for Conserving Biodiversity in the Context of Logging in Tropical Forests; Part IV: Mining and Conservation; 11 Biodiversity Conservation, Minerals Extraction, and Development: Toward a Realistic Partnership; 12 Mining Industry Responses to Environmental and Social Issues; 13 Evolution of Environmental Practice during Exploration at the Camp Caiman Gold Project in French Guiana
- 14 Conservation and Concession Contracts: Environmental Issues in Mineral Extraction Agreements Part V: Infrastructure for Sustainable Development; 15 Rethinking Infrastructure: Approaches to Managing Development on the National and Continental Scale to Reduce Conservation Impacts; 16 Environmental and Social Considerations in the Development of the Greater Mekong Subregion's Road Network; 17 Roads and Tropical Forests: From White Lines to White Elephants; 18 Cóndor: Better Decisionmaking on Infrastructure Projects; Part VI: Conclusion; Conclusion. Leave More Than Footprints: The New Corporate Responsibility; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4294-0220-2
- 1-280-53028-6
- 1-60256-330-6
- 0-19-802906-3
- 9786610530281
- OCLC:
- 228143486
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